Game 6: Treats and Eats

The evening started off just how I had envisioned it, with a good turnout of fans supporting us, and plenty of guys ready to play some softball. Thanks go out to all of you who came out for the game last night.

We also had a very nice turnout at DQ after the game, and that was a lot of fun as well. It was nice having all of the family’s together for some time to relax, visit, and enjoy some pretty good ice cream as well.

We had a fun time last night, and that is about all I can muster, as I am sorely lacking in the creative area at this time.

For those who could not make it out, I would like to give a brief recap:

Being the home team again this week, we started off in the field, and that didn’t go so well the first time around as the visiting team tallied 6 runs in their first at bat. We managed to score just one run in our first at bat, but at least that was a start.

In the field, we did much better for the better part of the rest of the game, but we were bitten by the error bug a couple times in another inning and that allowed them to open up the gap a little.

At the plate, we just could never quite get things going and keep them going. We looked like we were on our way to a comeback that would have at least made the game closer, but with the bases loaded and no outs, we were derailed by a, at minimum, questionable call. We had already put, I think, 2 runs on the board in the inning when Kyle came up to bat. He hit what would have normally been a nice looping liner over the 3rd baseman that got held up in the wind (probably blowing at 15-20 mph). With the 3rd baseman running three steps into the outfield grass, trying to make the play over his glove-side shoulder, the umpire calls “Infield Fly”. The 3rd baseman was unable to make the “routine” (as quoted by the umpire) play and dropped the ball. We were able to get 1 more run on the play, but we were left with runners on 2nd and 3rd ,1 out, and quite a bit of air let our of our sails (not to mention much confusion over the call) instead of bases loaded, no outs, and still rolling with a full head of steam.

Would it have made a difference in the outcome of the game (W vs. L) if the call had been made differently, probably not, but it would have been a whole lot of fun continuing that inning to at least try to make it closer.

To go along with a few mishaps in the field, we had quite a few pretty nice plays this week as well. Particularly in the outfield, as they were battling a nasty wind all game long. All of the outfielders had nice plays on balls that they had to compensate for the wind in order to make, particularly Kyle on a slicing fly ball to right field. Josh made an impression on the other team almost throwing out a runner at third. To quote the member of the opposing team who squeaked into 3rd just in time, “That was a good throw. That was a really good throw!” Did I mention that Josh was running away from the base into center field before picking up the ball and turning to fire a strike to the base? I just wanted to make sure that wasn’t missed.

In the end, we came up short as the final score was WPC 7 vs. I Dunno 16

We had some fun in this game (and a good time afterward making a stop at a “Texas Stop Sign”), but it was a tough loss as we had been looking to be back to .500 on the season before our final two regular season game. We are now 2-4 on the season and looking to right the ship in the next couple of weeks heading into the tournament. Our game next week is at (8:15), which could cause some conflict problems with the Maundy Thursday worship service scheduled for 6:30. I hope to see you all there if you can make it.